Appointment rack or card



Z. AUERBACH.

4 APPOINTMENT RACK 0R CARD. APPLICATION FILED 059.14. 1921. 1,414,720.Patented May 2, 1922.

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APPOINTMENT RACK 0R CARD.

APPLICATION FILED 01 50-14, 1921- Patentefi May 2, 1922.

I N INVENTOR Z atwrzxck I Y//f ATTORNEY 73 ZEMAGH AUEBBACH, 0F NEVTYORK,N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented ltlay 2, 1922,

Application filed December 14, 1921. Serial No. 522,333.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ZnMAo -I AUnnBAorI, acitizen of Russia, and resident of New York city, borough of Manhattan,in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certainnew and use ful' Improvements in Appointment Racks or Cards, of whichthe followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a. device comprising a slottedsupporting cards movably carried thereby, upon which cards. names ofcustomers, patients: and the like, may be written or printed, and whichcards may be removed and replaced as required, a further feature of'my.invention relatingto means to indicate hours of time in connection withcards for indicating appointment hours. 7

My lIlVGIlt-IOIL comprises novel details of improvement that will bemorefully hereinafter set forth-and thenpoi'nted out in the claims."

Reference'is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming. parthereof, wherein Figure 1 is a front view illustrating my improvement;-Fig. 2-is-a plan view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an exaggerated section on'line 3, 3,in Fig.1; 1

Fig. 4 is an enlargedfragmentar-y view, illustrating component parts ofthe device;

Fig; 5 is a detailof one member of the rack; p y Fig.1 6 is afront'view, illustrating the device with a single row of slots forcards, illustrating also a card adapted to hinge -while attached to therack for receiving memoranda on opposite faces; v

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. '6 but illustrating the manner ofapplyinganddetaching the card; 1 U 7 I Fig. 8 isa section on line 8,8,-inFig. 6, and I Fig. 9 is 'a-section on line 9, 9,"in Fig. 6.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral views.

The main body of the support or rack comprises two'sheetsl, 2,0f paperor other suitable material to beplaced face to face one against theotherto receive and support movable cards 3. Each. sheet 1, 2-,,is cutsubstantially" similarly by means of spaced transverse slots 4L-inthemid-portion of the sheet, the end portions Q of which slots 7 are cutsubstantially at right angles to the slots 4, providing the transverselydisposed tongues 5. By. preference the end edges 5 of said tonguesextend at an oblique angle to the transverse edges of the tongues, whichis provided by cutting out the material at 6 in an angular or sort ofV-like shape, providing beveled lower corners or tongues 5 at theirendsl' margins 7 of the sheetswhich provide side supporting" webs forthe loose depending tongues 5. Sheets 1,, 2, are assembled by "assingthe tenguese of the trout sheet throughith'eslots a of the rear'sheet,so that said tongues: ofthefront sheet will lie behind or overlap thetransverse webs 8 of the'rear sheet; andwebs provide spaces 9therebetween in which cards 3. may be slid edgewise, (see Fig. 4),serving as guiding means for the cards when inserted in the slots ofthefront sheet to prevent the lower edges of the cards from passingthrough a lower slot ofithe front sheet and 'to keep the lower portionsof the cards between the members of the two sheets. The cards 3 areshown provided with laterally extending projections 3 at their edgesalong their tops 7 adapted to rest along the upper edges 2 at the endsof the slots, infrontof the tongues '5. Cards 3 may be slightly narrowerthroughout their length below the projections 3 than the slots l, so-asto freely slide through the latter as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Said slots are within the In orderv that opposite faces of the cardsmaybe utilized for" writing or printing thereon, and to retain thecardsin the rack,

the cards are shown'provided at their lower ends with lateralprojections 3*, (Figs. 6

and 7), which will engage the edges of the material of sheet 1 at theslots 4: to prevent lifting the cards straight. outof the slots.

The lower portions of the cards are preferably scored at 3to providehinges for the upper portions of the cards, so that the cards may bepulled up to be stopped by the projections 3 and may be folded outwardlyalong the score lines 8, as indicated in Figs. (Sand 9, wherebythenormally rearward surfaces of the cards maybe utilized for writing orprinting thereon. 'Whenthe card islif-ted, as described, it maybe foldeddown in front of the rack, as in Figs. '6

and7, to be observed or written upon, and may be foldedback against therack and slid into its space 9. In order to insert the .of sheets 1, 2,isindicated in Fig.

moval and lower portions of thecards having the lat- Y eral projections53* into the slots 4 of the front sheet, at least one edge of such card;is recessed or slotted at 10, Figs 6 and 7, A

whereby such edge or the card may be pushed along the adjacent verticaledge of slot 4 to enter slot 10 with the card in an inclined position,such as shown in Fig. 7, the adjacent projection 3 extending behindsheet 1, whereby the opposite projection 3 may be slid through slot 4and then the card may be shifted edgewise to locate it in properposition in slot 4:. The card may be removed from the rack by reversingthe operationlast described. The projection 3 serves the purpose ofretaining the cards 3 in the rack for ordinary use against undesireddisplacemenu but permitting the rereplacement of the cards as required,o

The rack' device may comprise a plurality of pairs of sheets 1, 2,arranged back to back, so that opposite sides of the rack may have'oneor more vertical series of slots 4 and tongues 5, as illustrated inFigs. 1 and 2. The sheets 1, 2, may be of double width of the rackfolded at 11, Fig. 2, and retained at their opposite edges by a bindingstrip 12, which may be glued to the sheets, or the sheets may beseparate with binding strips 12 at opposite'edges. A single pair Inorder to indicate the hours at which appointments are made forassociation with cards 3, I provide sheet 1 with openings 13 adjacent toand at one side of the corresponding spaces that receive the cards, and

.in the space between sheets 1 and 2 I "provide strips 14 adapted toslide or be adjusted b'ehind the openings 13, which strips are providedwith numerals 15 indicating units of time,.such as hours of the day toappear through the openings 13; The rack may have a vertical row ofopenings-18 ad jacent to each corresponding row of slots 4, and'the rackmay have one or more such rows of slots and openings, either on; one

' or both sides of the racks.

- When the rack is made withtwo pairs of sheets 1, 2,back'to back, thecards will enter the spaces between the series of sheets, and when therack has a single pair of sheets at'l, 2, the lower parts of thecarolswill be freebe'hindthe' rack. The openings 13 and strips 14: maybe'omitted if desired.

With the construction described a person may write the name of a partyupon a card 3 and insert it in the rack to indicate an appointment withthe party, or for keeping records on the card with relation'to the"party. When the openings 13 are used the strips 14- may be adjustedaccording to the needs of the user, such as according to his hours ofbusiness, and acard 3 having the name of an appointee thereon may beinslots to permitthe ends of the serted in the appropriate slot adjacentto' the hour or the appointment; If the appointment should, be changedthe corresponding card may be removed and replaced in another slotadjacent to thetime opening for the new appointment. Data regarding theappointments or other business transactions may be written upon thecards containing the name of a party, as a'record to indicatetransactions with the party.

The cards may be slit at 16 into the projections'3 (Figs. 6 and 7),whereby the slots 16 may receive the sheet l at the'ends of slots 4:, bypushing'the cards inwardly, to frictionally retain the cards on thesheet;

Having now described my invention, what lrclaim is: 7 An appointmentrack comprising'adjacent sheets provided with spaced slots: and havingtongues, the tongues of one sheetextending through the slots of theadjacent sheet and depending below the slots thereof providingguideways'for cards between the sheets, side portions of'the sheetsbeing attached together. l r

2. An appointment rack comprising adj acent sheets provided withspaced'slots and having tongues, the tongues of-one sheet ex- 7 tendingthrough the slots of'thefadjacent sheet and dependin'gbelow the slotsthereof providing guideways for cards between the sheets, side portionsof the sheets being attached together, said tongues at. opposite endshaving angular upwardly extending portions providing. beveled lowercorners at the ends of the tongues. f

3. An appointment rack comprisingadja- I inc 'cent sheets provided with"spaced slots and having tongues, thetongues of'one {sheet extendingthrough the slots of'the'adjacent 1 sheet and dependingbelow theslotsthereo'f providing guideways for-"cards between the sheets, sideportions of thesheets being attachedtogether, one of said sheets havingopenlngs adjacenttothe ends of said slots,

; providing guideways for 'cardsbetween the 120 sheets, side "portionsofthe sheets 'being attached together, and 1 cards adapted to en'- tersaid slots, said cards having lateral pro jections' at their 'upperandlowerledgesv'to retain the cards in ing means along theirside edges toreceive the edge of the front "sheet adjacentto the projections at the;lower slots.

41. An appointment rackcomprising adjathe slots, said cardsxhav cards tobe passed throughisaid o 5. A11 appointment rack comprising adja- 1 centsheets provided with'spaced slots and havingtongues, the tongues of onesheet extending through the slots of the adjacent sheet and dependingbelow the slots thereof providing guideways for cards between thesheets, side portions of the sheets being attached together, and cardsadapted to enter said slots, said cards having lateral projections attheir upper and lower edges to retain the cards in the slots, said cardshaving slots in their side edges adapted to receive the material of thefront sheet adjacent to the sides of its slots to permit the passage ofthe lower projections of the cards through said slots.

6. An appointment rack comprising adjacent sheets provided with spacedslots and having tongues, the tongues of one sheet ex tending throughthe slots of the adjacent sheet and depending below the slots thereofproviding guideways for cards between the sheets, side portions of thesheets being attached together, and cards adapted to enter I said slots,said cards having lateral projections at their upper ends and providedwith slots entering said pro'ections.

Signed at New York itv, in the county of New York, and State oi? NewYork, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1921.

Z. AUERBACH.

